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Acoustic Body holder ideas?
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Acoustic Body holder ideas?
What holders/jigs/vise devices have you built to hold an acoustic guitar body upright? I saw Michael Bashkin using something like this in his neck reset video. I’d like a way to clamp the guitar to the side of the bench while I work on the neck.
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Vacuum holders are a great option.
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Here’s a low cost solution I adopted. I can’t take credit for the idea since I got the basic idea from a youtube video several years ago. My addition to the original is the lever that releases both clamps at the same time. This is handy since I keep it completely closed when its not in use. I could pull it off and take more picts of the release mechanism, but its basically just a hinge, angle iron, and some screws. The clamping boards are poplar lined with cork. The other wood parts were just scrap lumber. To use it, I pull the release lever and pull out the outer clamp board. I drop the guitar in until it rests on the ledge. This puts the bridge just above the top of the inner clamp board. Then I push the outer clamp board in until it touches the guitar body. Then I use the pipe clamp screws to put just enough pressure on the body to keep it from moving. No more having to hold the guitar upright while doing sand paper pulls.
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I built one of these, it works well, pretty common for builders to have one. Takes up a bit of space. The bench mounted ones might work as well, or you can make a shorter one that attaches to your bench.
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Just to chime in – not that it will be much of a surprise to anyone – but this is what neck resetting looks like in my world these days…
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Thanks Doug. I’ve got a “Pre-proper” TotalVise but have the Proper’s station on order. This is perfect. I didn’t know it would do this. Problem solved. 🙂
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Just an FYI if you do wind up stepping into the workstation. To hold a neckless body as in the pictures above you also need to get the Expansion Package.
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More Neck Reset Views …
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